Real Estate Firm Avison Young Defaults on Canada Loan, S&P Says

(Bloomberg) — Real estate services firm Avison Young (Canada) Inc. says it’s close to finishing a restructuring to clean up its balance sheet after it defaulted on a senior term loan, causing a ratings downgrade. 

“We have been focused on finalizing a transaction with our financial partners which will significantly strengthen Avison Young for the future,” spokesperson Andrea Zviedris said in an email to Bloomberg. “We are at the finish line of this process and anticipate that the ratings agencies will review our post-transaction debt structure and issue a new, improved rating in the coming weeks.”

Avison Canada missed principal and interest payments in the third and fourth quarters of 2023, S&P Global Ratings said in a statement that downgraded the firm to SD, for selective default. S&P’s action was expected, Zviedris said.

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